Deadline: 7 September 2020
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for its “Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams” to support highly integrated research teams of three to six PD/PIs to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are important for the mission of NIGMS and are beyond the scope of one or two investigators. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions.
Applications that are mainly focused on the creation, expansion, and/or maintenance of community resources, creation of new technologies or infrastructure development are not appropriate for this FOA.
Scope of Research
Successful Collaborative Program Grant applications will bring together scientists to apply complementary approaches to work on an important and well-defined problem. Applications may address any area of science within the NIGMS mission, which is to support basic research that increases understanding of biological processes at a range of levels, from molecules and cells to tissues, whole organisms and populations.
Optional Activities
In addition to the required multiple PD/PI leadership plan, applications are expected to develop a comprehensive team management plan that addresses the following points:
- Appropriate organizational structure and team composition
- Shared leadership, contributions and distributed responsibility for decision making
- Resource allocation
- Plans for professional development
- Conflict resolution
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
How to Apply
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.
